Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090315501 | ROBOT BATTERY CHARGING STATION AND ROBOT FOR USE THEREWITH - A battery charging station, for a robot, includes a base, two side-walls barriers, a stop, a supporting arm, a charging connector, and a transmitter. The side-walls barriers are separately mounted on the base. The stop is mounted on the back of the base to form a docking space together with the barriers and the base. The supporting arm is cantilever mounted on the stop by one free end thereof with the other end extending into the space over the docking space. The charging connector is mounted on the free end of the supporting arm and is configured for providing an electrical connection between the robot and a power source. The transmitter is positioned on the upper surface of the supporting arm and is configured for emitting signals for the robot to locate the re battery charging station. | 12-24-2009 |
20100009553 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a substrate and a connector mounted thereon. The substrate defines a cutout. The connector includes a housing and an array of terminals. The housing has a pair of guiding arms and a cross bar bridged between the guiding arms to collectively define a receiving space therebetween corresponding to the cutout. The array of terminals is assembled on the cross bar and electrically connected to the substrate. | 01-14-2010 |
20100026239 | CHARGING SYSTEM AND CHARGING APPARATUS THEREOF - A charging apparatus for a robot includes a base board, a supporting portion disposed on the base board, a rotating member rotatably attached on the supporting portion, and a driving member engageable with the rotating member. The driving member drives the rotating member to rotate with respect to the supporting portion. A power supply terminal is disposed on the rotating member and rotates with the rotating member to electrically connect with the robot for recharging the robot. | 02-04-2010 |
20100110013 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND KEYPAD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a keypad, and a body having a touch screen. The keypad attached to the touch screen, includes an obverse surface and a reverse surface. A protrusion is protruded from the obverse surface and is configured to receive user input operation, an attaching member is mounted on the reverse surface and is configured to attach the keypad to the touch screen, a hollow portion is defined in the reserve surface corresponding to the protrusion, and a pressing member is mounted in the hollow portion and is configured for touching the touch screen when the protrusion is pressed. | 05-06-2010 |
20100144240 | SIMULATED EYE FOR TOY - A simulated eye capable of being changed between a normal and a dilated state. The simulated eye includes an eyeball, a receiving member, at least one first electromagnets, at least one second electromagnets, and magnetic powder. The receiving member includes a translucent portion and a cylindrical portion. The at least one first electromagnets is received in the cylindrical portion and is adjacent to the translucent portion. The at least one second electromagnets is fixed to the cylindrical portion and engages with the translucent portion to close the cylindrical portion to form a closed receiving space. The magnetic powder is received in the closed receiving space. When the first and second electromagnet operates to move the magnetic powder toward and away from the translucent portion, a size of a color area of the translucent portion is changeable, whereby the simulated eye is changed between the normal state and the dilated state. | 06-10-2010 |
20100157530 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HEAT DISSIPATION MECHANISM - An electronic device with a heat dissipation mechanism includes a main body, at least one supporting member, at least one driving device, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The main body defines a plurality of heat dissipation holes and at least one through hole. The heat dissipation holes are configured for dissipating heat of the electronic device. The supporting member passes through the through hole, and one end of the supporting member protrudes from the bottom of the main body. The driving device is configured for driving the supporting member to move along its axis, causing the electronic device to be kept in a flat state or in an inclined state. The temperature sensor is for sensing the temperature of the electronic device. The controller is for driving the driving device, causing the supporting member to move a predetermined distance along its axis, according to the sensed temperature. | 06-24-2010 |
20100163365 | CLUTCH - A clutch includes a driving member and a driven member. The driving member includes a rotatable shaft and four breaking blocks radially fixed to the rotatable shaft. Each breaking block includes a thermally deformable main body including an engaging surface, and a heating element and an engaging block formed on the engaging surface. The driven member includes a mounting surface and defines four engagement-receiving portions and a through hole in the mounting surface. The four engagement-receiving portions are positioned and shaped so as when the driving member is assembled to the driven member the four engaging blocks are correspondingly engaged with the four engagement-receiving portions. The rotatable shaft is rotatably inserted through the through hole. The heating element is configured for heating the breaking block to force it to bend the engaging blocks away from the engagement-receiving portions to disengage the clutch. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164431 | RECHARGING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A recharging system for a rechargeable battery in an electronic device includes a receiver and a power supply. The receiver is fixed to a surface of a casing of the electronic device. The receiver includes a receiving coil connected to the rechargeable battery. The receiving coil is a planar spiral coil substantially parallel to the surface of the casing of the electronic device. The power supply includes a base and a source coil attached to a surface of the base corresponding to the receiving coil, and the source coil is a planar spiral coil and capable of magnetically coupling to the receiving coil of the receiver. | 07-01-2010 |
20100231063 | ROTATION STRUCTURE - A rotation structure rotates a rotatable segment via the attraction between a number of electromagnetic elements disposed on another rotatable segment around a screw and a magnet disposed on another rotatable segment. The rotated angle of the rotatable segment can be controlled by selectably magnetizing the electromagnetic elements in response to an instruction generated by pressing a button formed on another rotatable segment. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231103 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH WHEELS - The portable electronic device includes a body, a bottom panel configured for supporting the body, at least two linear wheel assemblies assembled to the bottom panel in the body corresponding to the at least two first opening, and a directional wheel assembly assembled to the bottom panel in the body corresponding to the second opening. At least two first opening and a second opening defined in the bottom panel. Each linear wheel assembly and the directional wheel assembly include a wheel member and a driving member respectively. The driving member of each linear wheel assembly drives the wheel member of the corresponding linear wheel assembly to extend through the corresponding first opening and retract in the body. The driving member of the directional wheel assembly drives the wheel member of the directional wheel assembly to extend through the second opening and retract in the body and to rotate. | 09-16-2010 |
20100234070 | MOBILE PHONE - A mobile phone switches the electrical connection between one of at least two SIM cards received in a slidable holder which is slidably received in a receiving groove having an electrical connector. | 09-16-2010 |
20100259509 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a base segment, a sliding segment, and an input module. The base segment defines more than one indicator. The sliding segment is slidably connected to the base segment and defines a pointer operable to align with an indicator. The input module includes a first magnet, a second magnet, and a sensor. The first magnet is received in the base segment. The second magnet is fixed to the sliding segment to align with the first magnet, and is configured for applying a magnetic force to the first magnet. The sensor is connected to the first magnet to sense the magnetic force and convert the magnetic force into a corresponding electrical signal. The electrical signal is inputted to the electronic device. | 10-14-2010 |
20100321872 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ROTATABLE KEYBOARD - An electronic device with a rotatable keyboard is provided. The electronic device includes a casing defining a plurality of button holes, and a pressable plate having a plurality of transparent pressable protrusions. Each of the pressable protrusions exposes itself through a corresponding button hole of the casing for a user to press the pressable protrusions to input commands to the electronic device. The electronic device further includes at least one rotatable member mounted in the base. A plurality of touch points are arranged on each surfaces of the rotatable member. The electronic device further includes a transmission mechanism and a knob. The knob is for driving the transmission mechanism, and the transmission mechanism is for rotating the rotatable member to make one surface of the at least one rotatable member face the pressable plate and the touch points on the surface being touchable by the user. | 12-23-2010 |
20100329500 | WIRED CONTROL OF EARPHONE - The present invention provides a wired control of an earphone. The wired control includes a turn plate and a body. The turn plate defines an elastic material structure and a plurality of rails. The body defines at least one protrusion which is mounted with a plurality of circuit boards, wherein each circuit board is electrically mounted with a switch thereon; the turn plate is rotatably mounted on the body; and each switch is operable in response either to the elastic material structure being pressed or to the rails of the turn plate being rotated. When one of the switches is activated by the movement of the turn plate, the circuit board corresponding to the activated switch generates a trigger signal. | 12-30-2010 |
20110043995 | DUSTPROOF STRUCTURE FOR LAPTOP - A dustproof structure for a laptop includes a gate, a motor and a controller. The laptop includes a shell having an air vent defined therein. The gate is movably mounted on the shell. The motor is mounted on the shell and connected to the gate. The controller is installed inside the laptop and configured for controlling the motor to drive the gate to open the air vent of the shell when the laptop is powered on, and to close the air vent of the shell when the laptop is being powered off. | 02-24-2011 |
20110070929 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A mobile communications device comprising: a back cover, which comprises an inner surface and a sidewall. A hatch is formed in the sidewall. An ejection device is fixed to the inner surface of the back cover, and which comprises a resilient wall protruding from the surface of the ejection device, and an electromagnet. A groove member is slidably connected to the ejection device, and is aligned with the hatch, and is configured for putting SIM card. The groove member further defines a hole. A hook device is rotatably connected to the ejection device, and is positioned on the electromagnet, and which comprises a hook portion. A first elastic device is fixed to the groove member, and is configured for pushing the groove to move. A torsion spring is fixed to the ejection device, and is configured for driving the hook device to return to the first position. | 03-24-2011 |
20110097968 | SIMULATED EYE FOR TOY - A simulated eye is capable of being changeable between an opened state and a closed state. The simulated eye includes an eyeball, an upper eyelid covering the eyeball, a pivot rod, at least one transmission member, and a driving device. The pivot rod is pivotally coupled to the eyeball, the upper eyelid is fixed to the pivot rod, the at least one transmission member connects the pivot rod with the driving device in a manner that the at least one transmission member drives the pivot rod to rotate when the driving device pulls the at least one transmission member. | 04-28-2011 |
20120062170 | ROBOT BATTERY CHARGING STATION - A battery charging station, for a robot, includes a base, two side-walls barriers, a stop, a supporting arm, a charging connector, and a transmitter. The side-walls barriers are separately mounted on the base. The stop is mounted on the back of the base to form a docking space together with the barriers and the base. The supporting arm is mounted on the stop by one free end thereof with the other end extending into the space over the docking space. The charging connector is mounted on the free end of the supporting arm and is configured for providing an electrical connection between the robot and a power source. The transmitter is positioned on the upper surface of the supporting arm and is configured for emitting signals for the robot to locate the re battery charging station. | 03-15-2012 |